American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 July 2001

In this paper, it is argued that a psychology of loss can help to illuminate one of the central themes of positive psychology: That is, showcasing those human skills that emphasize human strengths and optimal functioning. However, the interface of ...

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This article addresses a serious problem faced by the field of psychotherapy in relying upon and trusting research, theory, clinical knowledge, or other sources as real, hard, and objective. The serious underlying problem is that the field lives and works ...

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Although in the past some clinicians have not found psychotherapy research to he valuable, we assert that things have changed. Specifically, current research tends to be more sensitive to clinicians’ concerns and uses methodologies that more accurately ...

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Psychology and the other mental health professions are bitterly divided between the proponents of scientific vs. clinical-based knowledge. Though these two groups agree on little related to assessment, treatment or outcome evaluation, they share a belief ...

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Although therapeutic thinking and practice have entered their second century, most practitioners remain largely uncertain as to what data to trust, including “what works” and, “why it works.” If anything, practitioners reliance on ever-increasing numbers ...

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From a postmodern standpoint, all trust is ultimately unfounded, in the sense that no authoritative theoretical, empirical or practical foundation exists to ground a unified, explicit, and justified framework for psychotherapeutic practice. Following a ...

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The effectiveness of a 14-week cognitive-behavioral family treatment protocol for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was piloted using a volunteer sample of seven children aged 10-14 years. The primary outcome measures were diagnostic status, ...

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Panic disorder is estimated to affect more than 4% of the U.S. population. is assumed that this incident rate increases during crisis situations. While professional literature is replete with references on the treatment of panic disorders, few authors ...

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This case history records a rare form of self mutilation via arterial blood gas. The case is presented and contrasted to two previous cases with similar methods of self mutilation. We then review the psychological functions of self-mutilation with ...

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This paper is based upon the writings of William James in the late 19^th century, and Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud in the 20^th, enriched by the contributions of later personality and role theorists. The self is defined as the unique organization of each ...

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